diff --git a/examples/cord_ep/main.c b/examples/cord_ep/main.c
index dae203ebcc..1320af5e25 100644
--- a/examples/cord_ep/main.c
+++ b/examples/cord_ep/main.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static void _on_ep_event(cord_ep_standalone_event_t event)
 
 /* define some dummy CoAP resources */
 static ssize_t _handler_dummy(coap_pkt_t *pdu,
-                              uint8_t *buf, size_t len, void *ctx)
+                              uint8_t *buf, size_t len, coap_request_ctx_t *ctx)
 {
     (void)ctx;
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static ssize_t _handler_dummy(coap_pkt_t *pdu,
 }
 
 static ssize_t _handler_info(coap_pkt_t *pdu,
-                             uint8_t *buf, size_t len, void *ctx)
+                             uint8_t *buf, size_t len, coap_request_ctx_t *ctx)
 {
     (void)ctx;
 
diff --git a/examples/cord_epsim/main.c b/examples/cord_epsim/main.c
index 4dd9b85dca..ee04127637 100644
--- a/examples/cord_epsim/main.c
+++ b/examples/cord_epsim/main.c
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ static ssize_t text_resp(coap_pkt_t *pdu, uint8_t *buf, size_t len,
     return resp_len + slen;
 }
 
-static ssize_t handler_info(coap_pkt_t *pdu, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, void *ctx)
+static ssize_t handler_info(coap_pkt_t *pdu, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, coap_request_ctx_t *ctx)
 {
     (void)ctx;
     return text_resp(pdu, buf, len, riot_info, COAP_FORMAT_JSON);
 }
 
-static ssize_t handler_text(coap_pkt_t *pdu, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, void *ctx)
+static ssize_t handler_text(coap_pkt_t *pdu, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, coap_request_ctx_t *ctx)
 {
-    return text_resp(pdu, buf, len, (char *)ctx, COAP_FORMAT_TEXT);
+    return text_resp(pdu, buf, len, ctx->context, COAP_FORMAT_TEXT);
 }
 
 static const coap_resource_t resources[] = {
diff --git a/examples/nanocoap_server/coap_handler.c b/examples/nanocoap_server/coap_handler.c
index 1c07774249..8b179a3a07 100644
--- a/examples/nanocoap_server/coap_handler.c
+++ b/examples/nanocoap_server/coap_handler.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static const uint8_t block2_intro[] = "This is RIOT (Version: ";
 static const uint8_t block2_board[] = " running on a ";
 static const uint8_t block2_mcu[] = " board with a ";
 
-static ssize_t _echo_handler(coap_pkt_t *pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, void *context)
+static ssize_t _echo_handler(coap_pkt_t *pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, coap_request_ctx_t *context)
 {
     (void)context;
     char uri[CONFIG_NANOCOAP_URI_MAX];
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ static ssize_t _echo_handler(coap_pkt_t *pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, void *co
                              (uint8_t *)sub_uri, sub_uri_len);
 }
 
-static ssize_t _riot_board_handler(coap_pkt_t *pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, void *context)
+static ssize_t _riot_board_handler(coap_pkt_t *pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, coap_request_ctx_t *context)
 {
     (void)context;
     return coap_reply_simple(pkt, COAP_CODE_205, buf, len,
             COAP_FORMAT_TEXT, (uint8_t*)RIOT_BOARD, strlen(RIOT_BOARD));
 }
 
-static ssize_t _riot_block2_handler(coap_pkt_t *pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, void *context)
+static ssize_t _riot_block2_handler(coap_pkt_t *pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, coap_request_ctx_t *context)
 {
     (void)context;
     coap_block_slicer_t slicer;
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static ssize_t _riot_block2_handler(coap_pkt_t *pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, v
                                    buf, len, payload_len, &slicer);
 }
 
-static ssize_t _riot_value_handler(coap_pkt_t *pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, void *context)
+static ssize_t _riot_value_handler(coap_pkt_t *pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, coap_request_ctx_t *context)
 {
     (void) context;
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static ssize_t _riot_value_handler(coap_pkt_t *pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, vo
             COAP_FORMAT_TEXT, (uint8_t*)rsp, p);
 }
 
-ssize_t _sha256_handler(coap_pkt_t* pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, void *context)
+ssize_t _sha256_handler(coap_pkt_t* pkt, uint8_t *buf, size_t len, coap_request_ctx_t *context)
 {
     (void)context;